The Taste of Water A Novel eBook Franky Dias
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The Taste of Water weaves history, folklore, humour, irreverence and adventure on two continents in a sweeping story spanning three generations set against the backdrop of Indian mythology and Western philosophy.
Victor and Shambu, two young boys mesmerized by a performing cyclist in their sleepy village of Uppal, South India, hatch a mischievous plan to prevent his macabre live burial finale—the first of many collaborations in their lifelong struggles with ambition and success, lust and love, power and impotence, and sin and redemption.
Victor achieves success as a telecom analyst in Toronto and New York City during the dot-com boom. His spectacular rise to fortune is matched only by his painful fall into excess and depravity. Shambu becomes a feared man in the underworld, selling cheap government booze. But his success, too, comes at a price.
Along the way we meet Rama Rao, a Brahmin storyteller and exorcist who plays chess with malevolent demons; Meena Rai, whose husband kills her lover then remains locked up in their house for decades until convinced to leave his room to murder again; the Alvares sisters, devout spinster twins who strip naked to scare away ghosts and later engage in nocturnal activities with one; Girija Bhandari, a young mother who cures inflamed eyes with jets of fresh milk from her breasts; and Zuao Manuel De Souza, famous for vanquishing a demon with the power of his rosary.
By turns magical and mystical, tragic and triumphant, The Taste of Water tells an unforgettable tale.
A different India, a surprising India, and a refreshing India. Utterly original. A rare and authentic slice of life in the villages around Mangalore—one that should be preserved in a time capsule.
- Richard Crasta, author of The Revised Kama Sutra
The Taste of Water A Novel eBook Franky Dias
Without doubt, this is one of my best reads in a long time. Beginning in a rural Indian village, the novel follows the tale of two young boys as they come of age and travel into the wider world.Surrounded by rice fields, palm trees, ghosts, cobras, Hindu and Jesuit teachers, and the guiding hands of their parents, Victor and Shambu grow up in a village untouched by time. The boys' adventures bring them in contact with all kinds of characters and it is here that the novel really shines. The violent, elegant, macabre and eclectic back-stories of the other village inhabitants are captivating and were by far my favorite part of the novel.
With age, Victor leaves the village and moves on to college where he finds scholastic success and the love of his life. All of this is ripped away from him with the sudden and accidental death of his father. His recovery is slow, but he finds success as a banker and moves to Goa where he is surrounded by beaches, vacationing college students and another incredible array of characters. Once again he finds love and, together with his wife, emigrates to Canada. Victor finds success as an investment banker and rides the dotcom boom to success and riches but loses his family in the process.
In the meantime, through little fault of his own, Shambu has become the most feared man in Mangalore and owns a number of highly profitable government supplied liquor stores. Unmarried, he begins an affair with two spinster sisters and spends his nights in their wanting embrace until he is suddenly struck by an affliction.
Both men strive to recover what they have lost and, in the final chapters of the book, seem to find part of what they were looking for.
The Taste of Water is exciting and intriguing, it's complexities a reflection of real life and it's stories delightful and entirely unique.
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The Taste of Water A Novel eBook Franky Dias Reviews
This is a book describing the intricate connections between the closely knit communities of coastal towns and villages of South Canara (Southern Karnataka). It's a fun filled journey of a young man on how he reconciles his progressive views with the more conservative views of his cultural upbringing.
I enjoyed the book and it's a real page turner.
Without doubt, this is one of my best reads in a long time. Beginning in a rural Indian village, the novel follows the tale of two young boys as they come of age and travel into the wider world.
Surrounded by rice fields, palm trees, ghosts, cobras, Hindu and Jesuit teachers, and the guiding hands of their parents, Victor and Shambu grow up in a village untouched by time. The boys' adventures bring them in contact with all kinds of characters and it is here that the novel really shines. The violent, elegant, macabre and eclectic back-stories of the other village inhabitants are captivating and were by far my favorite part of the novel.
With age, Victor leaves the village and moves on to college where he finds scholastic success and the love of his life. All of this is ripped away from him with the sudden and accidental death of his father. His recovery is slow, but he finds success as a banker and moves to Goa where he is surrounded by beaches, vacationing college students and another incredible array of characters. Once again he finds love and, together with his wife, emigrates to Canada. Victor finds success as an investment banker and rides the dotcom boom to success and riches but loses his family in the process.
In the meantime, through little fault of his own, Shambu has become the most feared man in Mangalore and owns a number of highly profitable government supplied liquor stores. Unmarried, he begins an affair with two spinster sisters and spends his nights in their wanting embrace until he is suddenly struck by an affliction.
Both men strive to recover what they have lost and, in the final chapters of the book, seem to find part of what they were looking for.
The Taste of Water is exciting and intriguing, it's complexities a reflection of real life and it's stories delightful and entirely unique.
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